Nashik cop issues orders for arrest of Narayan Rane over slap remarks against Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray

Nashik Police Commissioner Deepak Pandey on Tuesday issued orders for the immediate arrest of Union minister Narayan Rane after an FIR was registered against him in the north Maharashtra city over his remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav ThackerayAccordingly a team of Nashik Police left in the morning for Ratnagiri district where Rane is currently carrying out his Jan Ashirwad Yatra an official saidRane had sparked off a row over his remarks about slapping Chief Minister Thackeray for what he claimed as the latters ignorance of the year of Indias independenceWATCH Maharashtra A group of Shiv Sena workers pelt stones at BJP party office in Nashik amp raise slogans against Union Minister Narayan Rane The Union Minister and BJP leader had given a statement against CM Uddhav Thackeray yesterday pictwittercomY3A3cWZbTamdash ANI ANI August 24 2021It is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech Had I been there I would have given him a tight slap Rane said during his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Raigad district on MondayThe BJP leader and former Shiv Sena chief minister claimed Thackeray forgot the year of independence during his August 15 address to the people of the stateThackeray had to check the year of independence with his aides midway during the speech that day Rane saidAlso read Narayan Ranersquos lsquowould have slappedrsquo comment about Uddhav Thackeray draws Sena ireFollowing his remarks a complaint was lodged against Rane by Nashik city Shiv Sena unit chief at the Cyber police station thereBased on the complaint an FIR was registered against Rane in Nashik under IPC sections 500 defamation 5052 mischief 153B 1c remarks likely to cause disharmony or feeling of enmity or hatred or illwill a police official saidConsidering the law and order situation across the state and in Nashik in the wake of Ranes remarks Police Commissioner Deepak Pandey ordered an investigation into the matter and immediate arrest of the Union ministerAccordingly a team led by Nashik DCP crime Sanjay Barkund and comprising police inspector Ananda Wagh and other officers was formed and it rushed to Chiplun in Ratnagiri to arrest Rane the official saidThe team was asked to arrest Rane and produce him before a court in Nashik the official said adding the team was also directed to follow the due procedure for arresting the Union ministerMeanwhile in Aurangabad Shiv Senas spokesperson Ambadas Danve lodged a complaint against Rane at Kranti Chowk police station over the latters remarks against the CMDanve said Ranes remarks were objectionable and demanded action against the BJP leaderTalking to reporters after lodging the police complaint Danve said Earlier Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray used to call Narayan Rane as Naru which is the name of a disease in Marathi The Shiv Sena has a remedy for this diseaseHe claimed Rane made the statement to provoke the Shiv SenaThe Shiv Sena will protest against Ranes statement through the constitutional process as well as by taking to roads the MLC saidAn official at the Kranti Chowk police station in Aurangabad said they have received the Shiv Senas complaint and action will be taken as per the instructions of senior officialsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever